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Accession_Number

25.9.2

Shape

Plemochoe

Shape_description

Central hole opening to inside of plemochoe with a ledge to receive a lid.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 6/2

Decoration

The inside is black at the base and reserved up the interior walls. On the upper surface around mouth are alternating black and red tongues surrounded by double row of dots between lines. Outside these is black around the curved body down the stem to the foot. Black glaze badly fired revealing many colours. Side of foot is reserved as is resting surface and central base section which is flat but raised a long way inside the footring which is black inside.

Inscriptions

Condition

Chipped at base. The paint on the exterior surface underneath is badly damaged and has worn away / badly fired to reveal different colours. Topside of exterior surface is worn leaving only traces of pattern.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Said to have come from Thebes

Period

Late Archaic

Date

525-475

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.35.0009.jpg	Two objects, both either plemochoes or stemmed handless kothons. Larger's accession code: 25.9.2. Smaller: 45.6.6.
2003.35.0098.jpg	Stemmed handleless kothon, side view.
2003.97.0809.jpg	Side view of an Attic plemochoe, showing the body and the stem.
2003.97.0810.jpg	Side view of an Attic plemochoe, showing the mouth, the body and the foot.
2003.97.0811.jpg	Top view of an Attic plemochoe, showing the pattern around the rim.
2003.97.0812.jpg	Underside view of an Attic plemochoe, showing the base.